Building Your Blog

How Blogging Works With Showit

An overview of how Showit & Wordpress work together for blogging via our blog explainer video.

Written by Jason Lackey
Updated over a week ago

Showit Blog SEO

Need help understanding SEO for your Showit blog? This doc will show you exactly where in your blog you can adjust SEO settings.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Configuring your blog pages in Showit

An in-depth look at your blog pages inside of Showit and how to properly configure them. A companion doc to our blog explainer video.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Blog Overview

Overview of the basics of Showit blog function and setup.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Start Customizing Your Blog Design

Learn how to customize your Wordpress Theme Design right in your Blog Template pages inside Showit.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

New to WordPress?

The basics for understanding how to use Wordpress for starting a brand new blog or after migrating from a different blog service.

Written by Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago

Adding Classic Block to Wordpress Gutenberg

Learn how to add a classic block to the Wordpress Gutenberg editor.

Written by Trevor Elcock
Updated over a week ago

How to Optimize Blog Images

Make sure your photos are sized best for your blog

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Request a Blog Setup or Migration

Learn how to request the Showit team to setup a blog for you.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Link to a Category

How to link to categories in your blog design

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Create a Comments Section

Use WordPress placeholders to create a section for readers to leave comments on your blog posts.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Adjust Link Format in Blog Posts

Change how links are formatted in a blog post.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Add Social Sharing on Blog Posts

Setup social icons so your readers can share a blog post.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Remove the Spacing Between Images in Blog Posts

Remove all spacing between images in a blog post

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

How to Change Your Blog Template

Learn how to swap your blog template pages with a new design.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Overview of Creating a Blog Template

Learn the pieces that make up your blog template and how to customize those pages in Showit.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Blog Template Settings

Learn the settings and parts used to build a blog template

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress Template Placeholder Fields

This article details the function of the various wordpress fields that are found in your blog template pages

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Create a Side-by-Side Blog Layout

Settings for side-by-side layout for a blog post list template

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Create a Featured/Recent Posts Section

Learn how to create a section of featured or recent posts to highlight for your readers on your blog.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Create a Blog Sidebar

Learn how to setup a sidebar on a blog

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Create a Blog Category Template

How to add a Blog Category template to display a list of posts within a selected category.

Written by Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago

Create a Search Bar

Learn how to incorporate a search bar on your blog

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Create a Page Template

Create a template for Wordpress pages

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Creating Custom WordPress Pages (Advanced)

Setup custom Blog Template pages in Showit to display your blog content.

Written by Trevor Elcock
Updated this week

Create a WordPress Homepage

To get live blog content on home page

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Pin It Button on Image Hover and Post

Makes Pinterest Pins hover when moused over

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Blog Post Content Cut Off

If your blog post content is cut off on the single post view, these troubleshooting tips will help you fix it.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Add Related Posts at Bottom of Posts

Learn how to get related posts automatically shown at the bottom of posts

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Live Blog Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting tips and proper settings for your live blog.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

Add a Tiled Style Gallery in a Blog Post

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Export WordPress

Create a backup file of your WordPress data or use this method to export your content to a new host.

Written by Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago

Blog Design Troubleshooting

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Blog Formatting with CSS (Advanced)

Some simple CSS code you can add to your templates to remove default WordPress settings.

Written by Kylen Downs
Updated over a week ago

RewardStyle - LikeToKnowIt

Adjust the widget to play better with Showit

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

WordPress plugin Shortcodes

Speed up Wordpress blogging using Shortcodes, Gutenberg enabled

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress Plugin Hub

Yoast, Akismet, Jetpack, Smush, Subtitles, Redirection, Pinterest, Contact Form 7 plugins and how they work with Showit

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Redirection

Easily manage 301 and 404 URL redirects to improve user experience and SEO

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Jetpack

Security, performance, management, SEO, stats, analytics, related posts

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Yoast

SEO king for your blog, Sitemaps, Pinterest PINS

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

WordPress plugin Contact Form 7

Add a Contact Form to your blog.

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Advanced Responsive Video Embedder

ARVE corrects sizing for YouTube and Vimeo videos for your blog posts

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Smush

Optimize your blog images

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Narrative + Showit

Do you use the Narrative blogging platform? Here are instructions on how to use it with your Showit blog.

Written by Jeff Willems
Updated over a week ago

WordPress Advanced Custom Plugins

This is a growing list of tested Showit plugins for Advanced Blog hosting.

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Simple Author Box

Adds the Author name, Avatar and social links to your blog posts

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago

Pin It Plugin with Custom Icon

Learn about what plugin works best for a custom pinterest icon on your blog post images (Advanced Blog Hosting)

Written by JT Pals
Updated over a week ago

Wordpress plugin Akismet

Anti-spam protection for your blog

Written by Ben Junk
Updated over a week ago